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Walter Young

Regular Season

DATE	TM		OPP	SCORE	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	TOT YDS	TOT TD
Sat 11/23	ILL	@	NW	W 31-24	6	80	13.3	0	80	0
Sat 11/16	ILL	vs	OSU	L 16-23	10	144	14.4	1	144	1
Sat 11/9	ILL	@	WIS	W 37-20	9	114	12.7	1	114	1
Sat 11/2	ILL	@	PSU	L 7-18	7	76	10.9	0	76	0
Sat 10/26	ILL	vs	IND	W 45-14	2	51	25.5	0	71	0
Sat 10/12	ILL	vs	PUR	W 38-31	1	3	3.0	0	3	0
Thu 10/3	ILL	@	MINN	L 10-31	3	30	10.0	1	30	1
Sat 9/28	ILL	vs	MICH	L 28-45	3	78	26.0	1	78	1
Sat 9/21	ILL	vs	SJSU	L 35-38	8	153	19.1	1	153	1
Sat 9/14	ILL	vs	ARST	W 59-7	2	33	16.5	1	33	1
Sat 9/7	ILL	@	USM	L 20-23	3	39	13.0	0	39	0
Sat 8/31	ILL	@	MIZ	L 20-33	3	31	10.3	0	31	0
Total					57	832	14.6	6	852	6

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More Illinois Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

453

Houser

RUSH

144

Valentine

REC

236

Dixon

Team Rankings

PPG

34.5

56th

OPP PPG

27.0

107th

RUSH YDS/G

130.5

120th

PASS YDS/G

226.5

78th

2026 Big 10 Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	USC	0-0	3-0
2	Illinois	0-0	1-1
3	Indiana	0-0	2-0
4	Iowa	0-0	2-0
5	Maryland	0-0	2-0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 9/19	SIU	@	ILL	2:00 PM
Sat 9/26	ILL	@	OSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/3	PUR	@	ILL	1:00 PM
Sat 10/10	ILL	@	MSU	1:00 PM
Sat 10/24	ORE	@	ILL	1:00 PM

Last Game

Duke

2 - 0

Final

Illinois

1 - 1

Sat 12 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

896

Maiava

795

Stokes

794

Alejado

Rush Yards Leaders

375

Carter

374

Sheppard

319

Bates

Rec Yards Leaders

376

Legree

333

Duff

330

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

10

Maiava

9

Hejny

8

Weaver

Rush TD Leaders

6

Carter

6

Knight

5

Baugh

Rec TD Leaders

5

Duff

5

Dixon

5

Becker

QB Rating Leaders

284.5

Stockton

271.7

Mensah

243.9

Jennings

Sack Leaders

5.0

Umanmielen

4.0

Lewis

4.0

Lester

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

66.5

61.0

59.0

58.5

55.0

54.5

Opp PPG Rankings

4.5

5.0

5.5

6.5

Total Yards Rankings

702.5

620.5

586.0

576.5

573.5

569.0

Rush Yards Rankings

394.0

376.0

341.5

336.0

319.0

314.0

Pass Yards Rankings

442.0

427.0

389.5

358.0

356.0

346.0

Sack Leaders

12.0

11.0

10.0

9.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	2	0	1.000
2	Louisiana	1	1	.500
3	Georgia Southern	1	1	.500
4	Louisiana Tech	1	1	.500
5	Georgia State	2	0	1.000
6	South Alabama	1	1	.500
7	James Madison	2	0	1.000
8	Southern Miss	1	1	.500
9	Old Dominion	1	1	.500
10	Troy	2	0	1.000
11	Coastal Carolina	1	1	.500
12	Arkansas State	1	1	.500
13	Marshall	1	1	.500
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	2	.000

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	Arizona	1	1	.500
2	Arizona State	1	1	.500
3	BYU	2	0	1.000
4	Cincinnati	2	0	1.000
5	Colorado	2	0	1.000
6	Houston	2	0	1.000
7	Iowa State	1	1	.500
8	Kansas State	2	0	1.000
9	Texas Tech	2	0	1.000
10	UCF	1	1	.500
11	Utah	2	0	1.000
12	West Virginia	2	0	1.000
13	Kansas	1	1	.500
14	Baylor	1	1	.500
15	Oklahoma State	1	1	.500
16	TCU	1	1	.500

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Colorado State	2	0	1.000
2	San Diego State	1	1	.500
3	Boise State	1	1	.500
4	Fresno State	1	1	.500
5	Oregon State	0	2	.000
6	Texas State	0	2	.000
7	Utah State	0	2	.000
8	Washington State	0	2	.000

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	1	2	.333
2	Buffalo	1	1	.500
3	UMass	2	0	1.000
4	Akron	1	1	.500
5	Ball State	1	1	.500
6	Bowling Green	0	2	.000
7	Central Michigan	1	1	.500
8	Kent State	1	1	.500
9	Miami (OH)	1	1	.500
10	Ohio	1	1	.500
11	Toledo	1	1	.500
12	Western Michigan	1	1	.500
13	Sacramento State	1	2	.333

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	Memphis	2	1	.667
2	Army	1	1	.500
3	Navy	1	1	.500
4	Rice	1	1	.500
5	South Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Temple	1	1	.500
7	Tulane	1	1	.500
8	UTSA	2	0	1.000
9	Charlotte	0	2	.000
10	East Carolina	0	2	.000
11	Florida Atlantic	1	1	.500
12	North Texas	1	1	.500
13	Tulsa	2	0	1.000
14	UAB	1	1	.500

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	2	0	1.000
2	Virginia	2	0	1.000
3	SMU	2	0	1.000
4	Duke	2	0	1.000
5	North Carolina	2	0	1.000
6	Pittsburgh	2	0	1.000
7	Syracuse	1	1	.500
8	Virginia Tech	2	0	1.000
9	Wake Forest	2	0	1.000
10	Boston College	1	1	.500
11	Louisville	1	1	.500
12	California	1	1	.500
13	Clemson	1	1	.500
14	Georgia Tech	0	2	.000
15	Florida State	1	1	.500
16	Stanford	1	1	.500
17	NC State	1	1	.500

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Missouri	2	0	1.000
2	Alabama	2	0	1.000
3	Arkansas	1	1	.500
4	Auburn	2	0	1.000
5	Florida	2	0	1.000
6	Georgia	2	0	1.000
7	Kentucky	1	1	.500
8	LSU	2	0	1.000
9	Mississippi State	2	0	1.000
10	Oklahoma	1	1	.500
11	Ole Miss	2	0	1.000
12	South Carolina	2	0	1.000
13	Tennessee	2	0	1.000
14	Texas	2	0	1.000
15	Texas A&M	2	0	1.000
16	Vanderbilt	2	0	1.000

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	UNLV	1	2	.333
2	North Dakota State	3	0	1.000
3	Air Force	1	1	.500
4	Nevada	1	1	.500
5	San Jose State	2	1	.667
6	Northern Illinois	0	2	.000
7	New Mexico	2	0	1.000
8	UTEP	1	1	.500
9	Wyoming	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	0	2	.000

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	2	0	1.000
2	UConn	1	1	.500

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	USC	3	0	1.000
2	Illinois	1	1	.500
3	Indiana	2	0	1.000
4	Iowa	2	0	1.000
5	Maryland	2	0	1.000
6	Michigan	2	0	1.000
7	Michigan State	2	0	1.000
8	Minnesota	1	1	.500
9	Nebraska	2	0	1.000
10	Northwestern	1	0	1.000
11	Ohio State	1	1	.500
12	Oregon	1	1	.500
13	Penn State	2	0	1.000
14	Purdue	1	1	.500
15	UCLA	2	0	1.000
16	Washington	2	0	1.000
17	Wisconsin	1	1	.500
18	Rutgers	0	2	.000

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Delaware	1	1	.500
2	Kennesaw State	1	1	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	1	1	.500
4	Jacksonville State	1	2	.333
5	New Mexico State	1	1	.500
6	Florida International	1	1	.500
7	Liberty	1	1	.500
8	Missouri State	1	1	.500
9	Sam Houston	0	2	.000
10	Western Kentucky	0	2	.000